ACU Snapshot of Heart Failure in Australia

Published: Tuesday 6th June 2017

A new report by the Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research and interactive map quantifying the burden of heart failure from a community perspective has attracted wide-spread media attention, highlighting ACU’s position as a leader in public health research and advocacy.

The Snapshot of Heart Failure report by the Mary MacKillop team led by Professor Simon Stewart goes beyond previous estimates around the burden of heart failure, to provide more meaningful estimates for local areas of Australia, factoring in the reality of inequality in health and health outcomes. This detailed level of localised data is critical for government policy-makers and those involved in the development and deployment of targeted cardiovascular community health services.

National interest in ACU’s report was immediate on its release, with news of the report in the Australian media reaching a combined total of over eight million people with reports and interviews on all major television networks and radio stations.